2017 Bowstring Arch Bridge @ Fairgrounds

The 1872, 21,000-pound, 103-foot steel-arch
bridge that once spanned the Middle Fork of the
Little Beaver Creek at the lower end of Market
Street in Lisbon turned north as it came back
into Lisbon Tuesday. The two sections brought in
on escorted semi tractor-trailers from Doug
Davidson Trucking in Salem stopped and
unloaded at the county fairgrounds where the
restored bridge will find its new resting spot on
the north end of the fairgrounds connecting the
campgrounds with the main grounds. The bridge, refurbished by U.S. Bridge in Cambridge, was first saved and
stored by county Engineer Bert Dawson when it was replaced with a concrete span in the 1960s.With money
coming from the county fair board and county commissioners, the remaining funding came from state and
federal historic preservation grants making the bridge restoration project a reality. The bridge is tentatively
scheduled to be put into place Thursday providing a new entrance for the 2017 fair. Morning Journal/Patti Schaeffer